Clickbait (miniseries)

Clickbait is an upcoming American-Australian drama web television miniseries, created by Tony Ayres and Christian White. Ayres serves as showrunner, while Brad Anderson, Emma Freeman, Ben Young and Laura Besley are set to direct. It will be released on Netflix.

Clickbait
Created by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Australia
Original language(s)English
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s)
  • Tom Hoffie
  • Joanna Werner
Production company(s)
Release
Original networkNetflix

Overview

Clickbait explores the ways dangerous and uncontrolled impulses are fuelled in the age of social media and reveals the ever-widening fractures between virtual and real-life personas. It is set in the United States but filmed in Melbourne, Australia.[1]

Cast

Production

Development

In August 2019, it was announced Netflix would produce an 8-episode series created and produced by Tony Ayres and Christian White, with David Heyman serving as producer under his Heyday Television banner, with Brad Anderson set as lead director.[2]

Casting

In December 2019, Zoe Kazan, Betty Gabriel, Adrian Grenier and Phoenix Raei joined the cast of the series.[3] In February 2020, Abraham Lin, Jessica Collins, Ian Meadows, Daniel Henshall, Motell Foster, Jaylin Fletcher and Cameron Engels joined the cast of the series.[4]

Filming

Principal photography began in December 2019.[5] Production on the series was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

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gollark: Don't think so, no. Please stop using multiple lines.
gollark: CC's pretty event driven. There are events for many things.
gollark: Compared to biological ones, I mean.
gollark: It's a neural network in the sense that it's... a network of neurons. Software neural networks are uncool and very simplified.

References
  1. Groves, Don (3 December 2019). "Zoe Kazan, Adrian Grenier head the cast of Netflix's 'Clickbait'". Inside Film. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. Tartaglione, Nancy (August 25, 2019). "Netflix, Tony Ayres & David Heyman Team For 'Clickbait' Thriller Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  3. Petski, Denise (December 2, 2019). "'Clickbait': Zoe Kazan, Betty Gabriel, Adrian Grenier & Phoenix Raei Join Netflix Thriller Limited Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  4. Petski, Denise (February 11, 2020). "'Clickbait': Netflix Thriller Limited Series Adds Seven To Cast". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  5. Knox, David (4 December 2019). "Production begins on Clickbait". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  6. Knox, David (16 March 2020). "Netflix drama Clickbait halts production in Melbourne". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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